Door or drawer equalizer.



No. 664,065. P'atentedec. I8, |900.

F. W. TDBEY.

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(Application led Sept. 1, 1899. Renewed Sept. 21, 1900.) (No Modal.)

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A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED W. TOBEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE GLOBE-WERNICKE COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

DOOR OR DRAWER EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,065, dated December18, 1900.

Application filed September 1, 1899. Renewed September 21, 1900. SerialNo. 30,721. (No` model.)

.To afZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, FRED W. TOBEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Door or Drawer Equalizers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a new and improved meansfor equalizing the movements of the door of a case of the kind whereinthe door is adapted to swing outward and then slide horizontally intothe top of the case to open the latter for placing articles therein orremoving them therefrom. This object is accomplished in the manner andby the devices hereinaf ter described and claimed, reference being madeto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a plan view of asingle section or case to which my newly-invented doorcloser isattached. Fig. 2 shows a transverse sectional view on line X X, Fig. l.Fig. 3 shows a modified form of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the case, constructed in any suitable form.

B represents the parallel oblique pivoted arms, one end of the armspivoted to the sliding longitudinal rod or strip R and the other endsbeing pivoted to a longitudinal hingestrip F, having hinges D, by whichthe door C is hinged to and carried by said strip. This hinge-strip Fstands stationary and sustains the door while the latter is swung in thearc of a circle to open or close it; but when the door is slidhorizontally into or out of the case the hinge-strip F moves bodily backand forth in a plane parallel with the back wall of the case.

E represents clips which may be used as guides for retaining the slidingstrip or rod R in position.

In Fig.2,C shows the door partially opened, and C" shows the door openedand slid back partially in the case. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 show thedoor partially drawn out of the case and the position ofthe pivoted armsB.

As shown in Figs. l and 2, the strip R slides or moves longitudinallyand is preferably in contact with the back side of the case. As

the door is crowded back into the case the parallel oblique pivoted armscause the rod or strip R to slide, and the arms being inclined hold thedoor in close contact with one end of the case, being the left hand, asshown in Fig. l. As the door is drawn outwardly the strip or rod Rslides in the opposite direction, causing the door to press against therighthand end of the case. The door preferably moves in grooves in thecase. Instead of 6o grooves supporting-strips may loe used or any othermeans to retain the door in proper position.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 3,F represents the hinged pieceattached to the door and the longitudinally-moving rod is shown by R',which is pivoted to the parallel oblique arms G G. A pair ofsupplementary parallel oblique arms B B' are pivotally attached to therod R at one end and pivotally attached 7o to the case at the other end.It will be noted that the rod R in Fig. 3 performs the same function asthe rod R in Fig. l, and the operation of the device shown in Figs. land 3 are substantially alike. 7 5

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a casing, and a door adapted to swing open andslide horizon- 8o tallyY into the top portion of the casing, of alengthwise-movable rod resting against and slidable upon the innersurface of the back wall of the casing, guide devices on said wall inwhich said rod moves, two parallel, oblique arms pivoted at their rearextremities to the end portions of said rod, and means for pivotallyconnecting the front extremities of said parallel, oblique arms with thetop edge portion of said door, substantially as and for the 9o purposesdescribed.

2. The combination with a casing, and a door adapted to swing from avertical to a horizontal position and slide into the casing, of alongitudinal hinge-strip movable back and forth in the case with saiddoor and having hinges connecting the door therewith, alongitudinally-movable rod in the top portion of the case, and parallel,oblique arms pivoted at their front ends to said hinge-strip and at rootheir rear ends to said longitudinally-movable i guide devices forretaining said rod upon said rod, substantially as and for the purposesdeback wall, and arms pivoted to said hingescrbed. strip and to saidrod, substantially as and for 3. The combination with a easing, and athe purposes described. 15 5 door adapted to swing open and slidehorizon- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tally into the topportion of the casing, of a my hand in presence of two subscribingWitlongitudinal hingestrip movable back and nesses.

forth in the top of the easing and to which FRED W. TOBEY. the upperedge of the door is hinged, a longi- Witnesses: xo tudinally-movable rodresting against and EDWARD TAGGART,

slidable upon the back Wall of the easing, DORA B. PARKER.

